i6o SOUTH-AFRICAN EUTTERFLIES. 



I first met with this species under a thorn-tree (known as the " One 

 Tree," in a wide expanse of country) a few miles from Annenous, on the line 

 of railway laid down by the Cape Copper Mining Company, and afterwards 

 on the road between Elboogfontein and Kockfontein ; near the Komaggas 

 Mission Station ; and at Oograbies ; but it was numerous at the latter place 

 only. It has the short active flight of its congeners, but is less wary when 

 settled. It iisually rests on the bare twigs of some low shrub, with its head 

 downward, and when disturbed will sometimes return to the same perch. 

 The (^ has a very dark, almost black appearance on the wing ; but the only ^ 

 I met with had in flight more the look of A. Natalaisis, Westw. 



Localities of AjjJinccus Namaquus. 



I. South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colony. 



a. Western Districts. — Annenous, Oograbies, itc, District of 

 Namaqualand. Garries, Sjjectakel, Ookiep, and Klipfontein, 

 District of Namaqualand (L. Pcrhvjueu). 



199. (7.) AphnsBUS pseudo-zeritis, Trimen. 



(J A]p]inceus pseudo-zeritis, Trim., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1S73, p. 113, 

 pi. i. f. 6. 



Uxp. cd., II liu. 



^ Fuscous, glossed tvlth ■metallic hluc. Forc-u-ing : blue forms a 

 patch on inner margin, rising only very little above first median 

 nervule, and not entering discoidal cell or extending much beyond 

 middle, Hind-iving : blue occupies greater part of wing from base 

 to hind-margin, leaving a broad costal and narrower inner-marginal 

 fuscous border ; a good-sized fulvous-ochreous spot at anal angle, 

 marked exteriorly by two black dots, and interiorly by a few minute 

 brassy scales. Under side. — Dull, ixde greyish-ochrcous, uith sicb- 

 quadrate, darker spots centred ivith glittering brass]/ sccdes. Fore-wing : 

 five spots in discoidal cell, irregularly placed, the elongate one at 

 extremity and the spot nearest to it being considerably larger than the 

 other three ; a row of three minute brassy dots along costal edge near 

 base ; beyond the latter, four small elongate spots form a curved row, 

 near costal edge, from second cellular spot to a little beyond middle ; 

 an irregular transverse row of about six spots beyond middle, of which 

 the first three are distinct and well-separated, but the lower ones con- 

 fiuent, larger, and indistinct ; two parallel rows of six spots each along 

 hind-margin, the outer row on hind-marginal edge, and consisting of 

 smaller spots than those of the inner row ; a short, oblique, apical 

 streak is formed by the confluence of the first spots of the tw^o rows ; 

 cellular region and costa adjacent suffused with fulvous-yellow from 

 base ; between median nervure and inner margin an irregular, elongate, 

 fuscous marking. Hind-ioing : spots arranged similarly to those in 

 fore-wing, but more suffused and indistinct, especially in basal region 



